In the fourth year of Xingqing in the Great Song Dynasty, in early spring, the north is still the heaven and the earth, and the grass and trees are withered, but the city of Quanzhou, located on the southeast coast, is already green grass and red flowers, like a lover's caresse, gentle and considerate.

In the lobby of the Yamen of the Quanzhou prefect, dozens of Quanzhou officials in black gauze official robes gathered together, and everyone was in groups, whispering, each with their own concerns.

"The prefect called us here, what is the matter?"

Lin Shuren, a white-faced fat man who was nearly half a hundred years old, asked softly, his eyes a little panicked.

Lin Shuren is the commander of Quanzhou, and he is also the local surname of Quanzhou, in charge of the stationing, training, armament and errand of the local army in Quanzhou.

"Who knows? Nothing good presumably! ”

Tian Xiaocai, the commander of Quanzhou, had high cheekbones on his black and yellow face, and his eyes were black, as if he was overly drunk.

"Could it be because of the people in the Anti-Corruption Division? It's a big fuss, how can this be good? ”

Lin Shuren's heart sank, and unconsciously his voice became louder.

"What are you calling out for?"

Tian Xiaocai glared at Lin Shuren dissatisfied, he looked around, everyone was far away, and no one paid attention to them.

"Aren't I in a hurry, what should I do now?"

Lin Shuren hurriedly lowered his voice, and the worry in his heart was not less at all.

"Afraid of what? They have no evidence in their hands! ”

Tian Xiaocai smiled coldly and said slowly:

"If there is any disturbance from above, the pacification envoy will definitely inform us. forced Lao Tzu to be in a hurry, it's a big deal to go to the sea to be a pirate. Whether it's the Ryukyus or the South Seas, there are so many places to go! ”

The Ryukyu in Tian Hsiao-cai's mouth is the Ryukyu Islands of later generations, including Taiwan. As for the Nanyang theory, it is because of the words used in the newspapers, that is, the areas of Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia in later generations.

"Do you have to go this way? The entire South China Sea and the East China Sea are the warships of the Great Song Dynasty, where can they hide? ”

Lin Shuren shook his head and sighed.

Breaking with the Great Song Dynasty, he hadn't thought of this step yet. Once you leave, where can you find the same gold and silver mountains as Quanzhou Port?

"As a last resort, that's the only way to go. However, the imperial court also has to take care of the chaos in Quanzhou, and must not dare to do anything to us. Just be quiet and stop scaring yourself! ”

Tian Xiaocai persuaded Lin Shuren, and at the same time cheered himself up.

He was the commander of Quanzhou and was responsible for the defense of Quanzhou City. Xia Zhongyu was the commander of the left-wing naval army in Fujian, responsible for Fujian's coastal defense. With the two of them here, plus Lin Shuren, a Fujian surname, the sky can't fall.

Is it just smuggling and extorting some money, as for killing them all? Aren't they afraid of causing a popular uprising?

"Now it's all about this, take a step at a time."

Lin Shuren was full of concern, he nodded, he looked at the lobby, and suddenly frowned.

"Why didn't Yan Rong come?"

Although Yan Rong is only the secretary of the Quanzhou Mansion, he is the confidant of Zhao Rushi, the governor of Quanzhou and Quanzhou City, and he is also the head snake of Quanzhou. suddenly didn't see Yan Rong, Lin Shuren felt a little unsure.

"Yan Rong is just a small priest, presumably it is the main business of the imperial court, so I didn't call him here."

Tian Xiaocai and Yan Rong have been a little discordant recently, plus Yan Rong is an official, he is an official of the imperial court, and Yan Rong is appreciated by Zhao Rushi, Tian Xiaocai subconsciously looks down on Yan Rong.

"The prefect has arrived!"

Lin Shuren wanted to continue talking, but the voice of the official sounded, and the officials waiting in the hall stood up one after another.

Regardless of whether there is open and secret fighting on weekdays, everyone still abides by it.

Ruling Minister Zhen Dexiu, Quanzhou Governor Zhao Rushi, and Anti-Corruption Department Officer Xu Shouchun entered the lobby one after another, surrounded by a group of ironclad sergeants armed with guns and knives.

"Guys, I've kept you waiting!"

Zhao Rushi held back his cough, stood in front of the main seat, and introduced himself to everyone with different thoughts.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you. This is the head of the household, the ruling of this dynasty, Zhende Xiu, and the minister of the Qin mission this time. This is Xu Sheng, the emperor's personal attendant and deputy commander of the front division of the palace, and he is also the captain of the Qin Guard. ”

After introducing Zhen Dexiu and Xu Sheng, Zhao Rushi pointed to Xu Shouchun.

"Everyone may know this, he is Xu Shouchun and Xu Xianggong, the director of the Fujian Road Anti-Corruption Division."

"I've seen the truth! I've seen General Xu! I've seen Master Xu! ”

Everyone was stunned or ignorant, and then saluted Zhendexiu and a few people.

Some people already feel that something bad is going to happen. Some people wonder, what is such a big formation?

Tian Xiaocai followed everyone to salute, secretly surprised in his heart.

Qin sent the minister to appease him, why didn't the minister inform him in advance?

Also, why didn't you appease the shadow of the prime minister?

"Guys, it's rude!"

Zhen Dexiu and Xu Sheng didn't smile, they all bowed their hands slightly, and they couldn't tell whether they were friendly or unkind.

Zhao Rushi turned sideways slightly, and Zhen Dexiu walked behind the table and sat down on the chair.

"Zhao Xianggong, have all the summoned officials arrived?"

Zhen Dexiu's voice was not high, but everyone below heard it clearly, and many of them changed their faces.

Summoned?

Everyone's eyes turned to the long sword in Xu Sheng's hand.

This is probably the legendary "Song King Sword".

It is rumored that this sword was worn by the emperor for the first time in court, symbolizing the monarchy of the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and representing the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty himself. "Song Wangjian" has been brought, is this to be held accountable after the autumn, or is it to be beheaded after the autumn?

Many people's hearts suddenly became afraid, and some of them turned pale and had fear in their eyes.

"Back to Shangcha, all the summoned officials should be here."

Zhao Rushi's face was like gold paper, and he replied respectfully. Although it was due to illness, he also knew that his performance in Quanzhou City was not good, and the emperor was dissatisfied, so he would send Zhen Dexiu and other ministers to come.

Tian Xiaocai and Lin Shuren looked at each other, secretly frightened.

The officials in the hall are uneven, but there seem to be few who are not greedy, and I am afraid that Zhao Rushi is no exception. But Xu Shouchun suddenly reappeared, and he actually served as the anti-corruption director of Fujian Road, will they have a good life in the future?

Zhen Dexiu nodded slightly, his eyes swept over the people in the hall, and coughed lightly.

"Colleagues, I am calling you today for the sake of smuggling, tax evasion, and extortion of merchants in Quanzhou Port. Director Xu of the Fujian Road Anti-Corruption Division investigated the incident and was attacked by people, killing and injuring dozens of people. His Majesty Long Yan was furious and ordered the official to come and investigate the matter thoroughly. Ladies and gentlemen, who did it, stand up as soon as possible, so as not to implicate the innocent and affect the family. ”

Zhen Dexiu's words made many officials in the hall uneasy. The crowd was silent, but no one stood up.

"Shangcha, you said that some people attacked Xu, please show evidence, so that everyone can be convinced! You said that Quanzhou Port smuggled and evaded taxes, extorted and extorted merchants, who is it, please make it clear! ”

A moment later, a green-robed official spoke aloud, breaking the silence.

"What a sharp mouth!"

Zhen Deok-so looked at the green-robed official and sneered.

"What is your name, the officer who spoke? What is the official position? ”

"Back to the upper business, Wei Anmin, the chief secretary of Quanzhou Mansion, is also the secretary of the city."

Wei Anmin arched his hand to Zhen Dexiu, his face did not change, and he was unusually calm.

"Wei Anmin, the chief secretary of Quanzhou Mansion, is in charge of all matters of the city's shipping department."

Zhen Deok-so nodded, then opened the paper in front of him and looked at it carefully.

"What a Wei Anmin! You are corrupt and pervert the law, and the officials and businessmen collude to devour the court and pay taxes. Are you convicted? ”

Zhen Dexiu said coldly, Wei Anmin was taken aback for a while, and immediately asked back.

"Superior, what is the crime of the lower official? Please also inform the superiors, don't believe the gossip, and give the officials justice! ”

"On the errand, Master Wei is honest and honest, and he is the head of the officials of Quanzhou Mansion, and everyone knows it. I am afraid that this is a bit of a catch, which is an exaggeration. ”

Wei Anmin was impassioned, and Tian Xiaocai followed Wei Anmin's words and said it immediately.

"Commander Tian, in front of the superiors, don't be reckless. Shangcha said so, and he has his own reasons. ”

Zhao Rushi said softly to Tian Xiaocai, and couldn't help coughing again and again.

This Tian Xiaocai has always been domineering, and he didn't even pay attention to the emperor's cha.

Zhen Dexiu looked at Zhao Rushi with concern, and Zhao Rushi shook his head lightly, signaling that he was fine.

"Zhao Xianggong, justice is in the hearts of the people. Qin Cha is unfair to Wei Xianggong, how can I, as colleagues, sit idly by? How is this different from a beast? Where is the righteousness? ”

Tian Xiaocai replied calmly, with a light and light taste.

"What Commander Tian said is extremely true! Bad luck, don't listen to rumors, wronged good people! ”

Lin Shuren followed Tian Xiaocai and spoke, causing a group of officials in the hall to echo him.

"Errand, please check carefully, don't wronged good people!"

"False words, reversing black and white, is there still justice in this world?"

Everyone coaxed, Zhen Dexiu saw it in his eyes, his face was pale, and his eyes became cold.

Quanzhou City's shipping company has lagged far behind Mingzhou City's shipping company and Guangzhou City's shipping company in terms of taxation. How can we recover without removing these moths?

Zhao Rushi is in charge of the Quanzhou City Division, and he is not effective, and his in-laws can't get out of it.

"You, it's you, you're so arrogant in front of Qincha, aren't you afraid that your dog's head will not be protected?"

Xu Sheng walked out, pointed at Tian Xiaocai, and scolded angrily.

The clamoring civil and military officials in the hall suddenly fell silent.

The emperor's personal attendants personally went out to work, and they were full of style, which was not trivial.

"Mission, what crime did this official commit, and you want to take my life? I want to see, how do you cut off Lao Tzu's head? ”

Tian Xiaocai looked at Xu Sheng, did not flinch, and fought-for-tat.

"That is, it is framed, and no one is allowed to speak. It's kind of killing us all! ”

There are also officials who are aggressive, shouting loudly to cheer for Tian Xiaocai.

"It's not enough to kill people, you have to make a defense! Kill if you say kill, what a big official authority! ”

Lin Shuren was a little weak-hearted, but he still shouted hard.

At this time, you can't have stage fright, otherwise you won't be able to handle it in the future. Moreover, he has already realized that Zhen Dexiu and the others are not good, and they are definitely not here to eat, drink and have fun.

"General Xu, don't be impatient and come back."

Xu Sheng retreated with a dark face, and Zhen Dexiu spoke slowly to everyone.

"Master Wei, your beautiful concubine Chunmei should have a lot of things hidden there, right?"

Wei Anmin was shocked and speechless for a while, but Zhen Dexiu's gaze had already moved away and stayed on Tian Xiaocai.

"Dare to ask this colleague, who are you and what is your official position?"

"Back to Shangcha, Tian Xiaocai, the commander of Quanzhou Mansion. I was offended just now, please don't be surprised! ”

Tian Xiaocai also sensed that the situation was not good, and his tone instantly softened a little.

"You are Tian Xiaocai, who has admired the name for a long time!"

Zhen Deok-so nodded, flipped through the paper on the table and looked at it for a moment, then raised his head.

"Tian Xiaocai, the attack on the anti-corruption division Xu is the mastermind of them, it was you and Xia Zhongyu who instigated it. Smuggling goods, extortion, collusion between officials and businessmen, you must have swallowed a lot. A few of your houses in Quanzhou won't be bought by your Yulu, right? ”

"Up...... On ......"

Tian Xiaocai's face was red, and he immediately retorted.

"Shangcha, you are talking nonsense! This official will not accompany you! ”

After Tian Xiaocai finished speaking, he didn't salute, turned around and walked out of the lobby.

"The superiors, the lower officials have something to do, so I will not accompany them!"

Wei Anmin hurriedly bowed and followed Tian Xiaocai to turn outside.

Zhen Dexiu is not good, and even his secret affairs are known, and his crimes and ugly things are probably in the hands of Zhen Dexiu.

"Farewell!"

"Farewell!"

"Farewell!"

There was a sound of "hulala" in the lobby, and more than a dozen officials walked away one after another, heading straight to the outside of the hall.

"If you don't speak, who dares to leave?"

Zhao Rushi's face was pale, he was short of breath for a while, and coughed violently.

At the entrance of the lobby, the forbidden soldiers appeared one after another, they stood in the back row, squatted down in the front row, and opened their bows and arrows together in front and back, aiming at Tian Xiaocai and others.

"Who dares to make a mistake?"

Tian Xiaocai took two steps back, pulled out his knife with a "Lingchang" sound, and protected it in front of him.

Other civil and military officials, many of whom drew their swords one after another, confronted the forbidden army.

"Do it!"

Xu Sheng's face was ugly, and he shouted angrily.

The crossbow arrows were flying, and the "poof" feather arrows entered the body endlessly, Tian Xiaocai and others were shot over, and the hall was full of wails and screams.

"Errand, spare your life!"

"Spare your life!"

"Spare us!"

There were dead and wounded and blood all over the floor, and the rest of the officials in the lobby who did not dare to leave knelt on the ground, full of begs for mercy, and some officials wet their pants, and the smell was strong.

"Zhao Xianggong, are you okay?"

Zhen Deok-so asked Zhao Rushi with concern, and helped the other party to sit down on the chair.

"Tian Xiaocai, don't think that you can cover the sky with one hand. Your nemesis Xia Zhongyu is being arrested by the Coastal Control Division, and your other nemesis, Yan Rong, has turned himself in and confessed everything. Those henchmen of yours will be arrested one by one and punished according to the law. Several of you culprits will be exiled from your homes, or even punished by the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhen Dexiu walked down, looked at Tian Xiaocai and the others who were moaning in pain, and said coldly.

The forbidden army fired arrows in unison, and it seemed that he had avoided the vital point, but he only shot and injured the officials, and he also wanted to kill chickens and monkeys, and take Tian Xiaocai and others to set an example.

"True father, the heavens of Quanzhou...... It's finally lit up! ”

Zhao Rushi was exhausted and said with emotion.

Quanzhou City Bo Si removed the filth and returned to the rule of the Great Song Dynasty, which was the greatest comfort for him, a man who was about to die.